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03-27
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I recently wrote about Franklin Park Zoo’s upcoming Earth Day celebration. The zoo has a number of interesting events and activities scheduled for April 20 that are certain to make attendees feel even...
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05-22
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The United Nations Population Fund estimates that 1 billion people live in slums like Kibera - one in every six people in the world. One of the first pieces of advice I received before leaving on this...
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05-29
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While China certainly needs to improve its human rights, boycotting the Olympics will not get them to do so.Amid the violence of Tibet, a debate has emerged in the west: Should we boycott the Beijing ...
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06-19
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This is a topic which keeps coming up again and again in the press as various countries, cities, and states legalize or debate the legalizing of same-sex marriage. So it seems like a good topic for de...
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05-11
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This beautiful country with generous (and helpless) people is suffering from one of the worst natural disasters in a decade. I landed in Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar, a very ignorant young woma...
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03-17
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Photo: David Harper/University of Leicester Pollution-compatible. Lesser flamingos that live around near-pristine lakes in Africa appear to be on the decline, with mining or fertilizer runoff often bl...
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03-28
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I was at Epcot for a few hours yesterday evening and snapped some pictures of the topiaries at the 2008 International Flower and Garden Festival.The theme this year is Fun in the Sun. Beach music play...
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04-05
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One of the challenges of being too far ahead is the push-back you get on some of your ideas and beliefs. My ideas and beliefs tend to fall into three categories:Beliefs that were once unpopular but ar...
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04-10
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The most difficult thing is to describe Chinese people. For instance, corruption, do Chinese people like corruption? Of course, no! Every Chinese person hates it so much, so they grind teeth with bit...
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04-14
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I was woken up this morning to the rather distasteful image of Gordon Ramsey and Graham Poll - in shorts. Both were being interviewed on TV before setting off on the London marathon.Gordon Ramsey is a...
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